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Flowers of a Moment is a treasure trove of more than 180 brief poems by a major world poet at the apex of his career. A four-time Nobel Prize nominee,Ko Un grew up in Korea during the Japanese occupation. During the Korean War, he was conscripted by the People's Army. In 1952, he became a Buddhist...

Ko Un has long been a living legend in Korea, both as a poet and as a person. Allen Ginsberg once wrote, 'Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian.' Maninbo (Ten Thousand Lives) is the title of a remarkable...

Ko Un has long been a living legend in Korea, both as a poet and as a person. Allen Ginsberg once wrote, 'Ko Un is a magnificent poet, combination of Buddhist cognoscente, passionate political libertarian, and naturalist historian.' When a writer has published as much as Ko Un has in the course of...

International Events (16)

Every summer Berlin is transformed for ten days into a temple of poetry. 100 to 200 poets and artists from around the world come to the poesiefestival berlin to showcase current trends in contemporary poetry.The poesiefestival berlin has been taking place every year since 2000. Since 2008 its...

The newest translations are "First Person Sorrowful" published by Bloodaxe Books in Britain. "First Person Sorrowful" was published in Britain last month when it was presented to Aldeburgh Poetry Festival in November. In time with the publication, Ko and Brother Anthony of Taize, professor emeritus...

Master Ko Un wrote a short poem on Prague, the city he has visited a few years ago and where he is heading this May. He will take part in Prague´s international book fair Svět knihy where he will launch the second book of his poems published in Czech translation. Source: http://www.mzv.cz/seoul/en/...

From April 21 to 25 in Goettingen and Erfurt in Germany, a reading of Ko Un’s poems and a roundtable talk on his works were held. Wallstein Publishing organized this event to celebrate the publication of Ko Un’s work, Awaken From Sleep (Beim Erwachen aus dem Schlaf). Two German poets, Wulf Kirsten...

We organized events to introduce Korean literature at the ARCO Art Fair which took place from February 13 to 16 in Malaga and Madrid, Spain. The writers, Ko Un, Choi Seungho, and Hyun Ki-Young participated in the literary readings and writers’meetings. Also, a ceremony on February 26, celebrating...